Comments

Too much disrepair from the Becky era. The place needs a partial demolition. Keep the original Horseshoe casino if you can, but get rid of the Mint casino + tower.

MTR isn't willing to do something that big. Their idea of changing things up at Binions is girls dancing to Shania Twain CDs, which just annoys the slot players more than anything else.

April 4, 2007 11:24 AM
Posted by doc_al

It's the classic operator-over-their-head story, same as played out with the "New Aladdin" and elsewhere. You not only have to have money to buy, but also to rehab/redevelop, AND to absorb a few years in the red until you develop your image and repeat clientele.

Personally, I still think it's still got a hook as a unique and iconic property, even minus the "Horseshoe" name. But they're doing nothing to tie in with that, nor to create any substantial upgrades (room rehab, restaurant/bar dev't, new hotel tower). Abandoning the sports book (vs enhancing/improving/enlarging it) in favor of a mechanical bull is so contrary to the property image.